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ONS · police force area: Thames Valley

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Thames Valley

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

4,334 offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Thames Valley totalled 4,334 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 23.2% (1,307) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Thames Valley
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 924 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k2k201520202025Before: Force recording practice before the National Data Quality Improvement Service. After: Recording under the National Data Quality Improvement Service, adopted by most forces from April 2019.methodology changeYear ending March 2011: 1,155 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 995 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 821 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 713 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 372 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 801 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 1,051 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 1,316 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 1,485 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,564 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 1,396 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,196 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,247 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,158 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,005 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 924 offences · published 23 July 2026
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The chart as a table
PeriodOffences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area
Year ending March 20111,155 offences
Year ending March 2012995 offences
Year ending March 2013821 offences
Year ending March 2014713 offences
Year ending March 2015372 offences
Year ending March 2016801 offences
Year ending March 20171,051 offences
Year ending March 20181,316 offences
Year ending March 20191,485 offences
Year ending March 20201,564 offences
Year ending March 20211,396 offences
Year ending March 20221,196 offences
Year ending March 20231,247 offences
Year ending March 20241,158 offences
Year ending March 20251,005 offences
Year ending March 2026924 offences

What this measures

The number of selected serious offences recorded by each police force in England and Wales that involved a knife or sharp instrument, for every year ending March since 2011, with the England and Wales total (which includes British Transport Police).

Possession of a knife without it being used, the share of offences involving a knife (the percentage columns are not read), regional aggregates, or offences before the force joined the collection.

Source

Dataset
Police force area data tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 27d7884ef0e07dad…
All values
Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area